Spooky season is here, the TBR is out of control, and apparently we thought the best solution was to invent an entire horror novel ourselves.

Welcome back to Stace & Jace Spill the Book, where we spill the tea on books, questionable reading decisions, and whatever literary nonsense happens when two book lovers get together.

In this spooky episode, we're talking about our most anticipated upcoming books for October, November, and December 2026. We're looking at witches, haunted houses, dark fantasy, magical creatures, mysterious family secrets, and romances that could go spectacularly wrong.

Books on our spooky season radar:

THE WITCH by Freida McFadden — A creepy seventeenth-century family estate, a clock that stops at 3:41 a.m., mysterious voices, and a possible connection to the Salem witch trials. What could possibly go wrong?

DEFY THE DUSK by Danielle L. Jensen — A post-apocalyptic fantasy filled with dangerous magic, nocturnal monsters, political intrigue, enemies-to-lovers tension, and a feral king who might be more trouble than he's worth.

MY UNFAMILIAR by Mara Rutherford — A grumpy mage, a magical matchmaking mishap, a mysterious familiar bond, and a cozy fantasy romance that might just get wonderfully chaotic.

But that's not all.

We're also building our own spooky novel from scratch. There's a ghost named Elias, a creepy Victorian house, photographs that shouldn't exist, a suspicious basement, and secrets that keep getting worse. We take turns adding to the story, and once something becomes canon, neither of us can take it back.

Will we create a genuinely terrifying thriller, a twisted supernatural mystery, or the most unhinged book never to see a publishing contract?

You decide.

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And the most important question of all: if your boyfriend was a ghost, would you date him? Finally, a man with no baggage. Just a body bag.

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